Here’s a question I like to ask my consulting clients. When you make business changes, are they coming at you from the outside in or inside out? At first, it seems like a trick question, but there is some good logic behind it. Your answer can reveal a lot about your preparedness for the future. In other words, whether you’re anticipatory or reactionary. Continue reading
#225 – LESS IS MORE – MALCOLM PEART
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Less is More – Efficiency in Project Management Plans
We’ve all seen it…a filing cabinet full of project management plans and procedures from the last job that people have tried to adapt and modify to meet the current project. Amazing that such a plethora can give the impression of effectiveness and, to a sceptic, surprising if they are relevant, read or assimilated. Continue reading
#225 – US CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT – JAMES KLINE PH.D.
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Introduction
In November 2018, the U.S. Global Change Research Program issued Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment Report. Volume I was issued in 2017. It deals with the science behind global change. Volume II deals with the impact of global warming on natural environment, agriculture, energy production, human welfare, and societal impact. This article discusses the assessments made in Volume II. Continue reading
#225 – THE SQL MYTH – ALLEN TAYLOR
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Sometimes people make an assumption and then state it as a fact. Those that hear it, pass it on, and before you know it the mistaken assumption takes on a life of its own. This is what has happened with the computer language named SQL (pronounced ess-que-ell).Where did SQL come from?
#225 – INTEGRATING ISO 31000:2018 RISK MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION – BOB POJASEK
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In the Beginning
In 2012, ISO’s ‘Joint Technical Coordinating Group’ (JTCG) completed work to provide a high-level structure, text, and common terms and definitions for all future and revised management system standards. All Technical Committees developing management system standards were required to follow Annex SL found in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex SL[i]. Continue reading